European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 6, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 8 the stars and stripes . Wednesday july 6,1994 return to unsafe sex by Gays causes alarm by Scott Maier Seattle Post intelligencer. Seattle a a second wave of aids infection May be unfolding on the West coast As alarming numbers of Gay men some fatalistic about their prospects of survival revert to unsafe sex health officials say. A there clearly is a resurgence of unsafe sex a said or. Robert Wood director of aids control for the Seattle King county department of Public health. A unless we change it now it con id Well be that 50 percent of Gays for the foreseeable future will end up being infected with his a signs of a resurgence of unprotected sex have forced some Tough soul searching in the Gay Community and a reassessment by health professionals of efforts to prevent aids. A. After years of insisting aids Isnit just a Gay disease some activists want the spotlight put Back Ort unsafe Gay a a a. A a. \ a a we re exhausted watching our friends die a said Steven Johnson an aids activist and member of the governors advisory Council on aids in Washington state. Health educators Are thinking How to reshape and redirect the safer sex message in the second decade of aids. In Seattle and surrounding King county 90 percent of the aids cases involve Gays yet less than half the Public Money spent on aids prevention is directed at homosexual men. No single accurate measure of unsafe sex exists but one key indicator has shown a marked increase Gono Rheal infection among Gay men in King county is More than three times its 1988 Low. In addition several local and National surveys of Gay men Lead researchers to be Jive that perhaps a third or so of homosexual men from time to time have unsafe sex. And Iri san Francis co where aids trends historically emerge infection unless we change it now it could Well be that 50 percent of Gays for the foreseeable future will end up being infected with his a or. Robert Wood rates Are rising. Aids is caused by his the human immunodeficiency virus. Aids acquired immune deficiency syndrome Breaks Down the immune system though someone who has tested positive for his May live years without developing the disease. Since the Prospect of a cure seems More Distant than when aids Public awareness 13 years ago Safe sex has shifted from a Short term prevention strategy to a lifetime commitment a Standard difficult for some to sustain. Some Gay men slip into unsafe behaviour when affected by passion alcohol. Others having survived a decade of aids become complacent about the risk. Many Long for affection without Latex barriers. Unsafe sexual behaviour also is common with heterosexuals experts say but Public health concern about homosexual relapses is acute because of the concentration of aids among Gays. Researchers and activists Are especially alarmed by anecdotal evidence of some Gay men becoming fatalistic about aids after seeing Friend after Friend die. A thirteen years in the Gay aids crisis Gay men Are getting exhausted a said do Savage an aids activist and sexual advice columnist for the stranger a Seattle weekly a a it a just a night Marci you feel like you re standing at an abyss you might As Well get it Over death on a Tennis court the wreckage of a Small plane lies entangled in the net of a Tennis court at Seeley Lake mont., after the Craft crashed monday killing the Pilot. No one else was injured. Police said More than 50 people mostly Young children were on or near the Tennis court at the time. The cause of the crash was not immediately known. Girl found after suspect arrested san Francisco a a Day after she was kidnapped at knife Point from her Home 12-year-Oid Katie Romanek a naked and streaked with mud a stumbled out of the tall grass toward authorities who had searched through the night for her. A someone shouted a there she is there she is a a police chief Larry Hansen said sunday a everyone turned and saw Katie walking out of the area that we were searching.�?�. Minutes earlier and Only a few feet away police had arrested the Man they suspect kidnapped her a 25-year-old drifter named Steve Reece Cochran. Katie told police that Cochran had released her about 20 minutes before and a told her he was police found him hiding in the grass a the stated spontaneously a what a the matter what a the matter i done to remember anything a Quot Ilan sen said. Cochran who fainted after being handcuffed was booked on investigation of kidnapping and jailed. A a in a thankful he did no to kill my daughter a Katie a father Bob Romanek said at a news conference in Lodi about 60 Miles East of san Francisco. Police say if Katie who was found wearing Only socks had been sexually assaulted. She was taken to a Hospital for examination. Police believe she May have been naked when she was taken from her Home saturday night. The search began after a tattooed Man tied up Katie a 16-Ycar-old sister and a i2-year-old Friend and fled with Katie in her Sisters car. The girls parents were vacationing in Michigan at the time. The Man had come to the House inquiring about the a for Sale sign posted out front. Katie a sister gave him the real estate agents phone number and he left but returned later capt. James Schick tries to Cut Throat of serial killer Dahmer from the associated press Portage wis. A a prison inmate tried to Cut Jeffrey Dahmer a Throat during a Chapel service but the serial killer ended up with Only a minor scratch on his Throat. The razor Blade on the inmates homemade plastic knife fell off before it could Hurt Dahmer said corrections department spokesman Joseph l. Scislowicz. A the Wais hot Cut a Scislowicz said. A it was a superficial scratch.�?�. The attack occurred sunday while Dahmer was worshipping in the Chapel at the Columbia correctional institution. Authorities did not say what Type of service Dahmer was attending. He was baptized in prison this year by the minister of the 100-member Church of Christ in Madison. Scislowicz did no to know the motive for the attack and Hadnot heard of any other threats against Dahmer. _ Dahmer did not want to press charges Columbia county sheriff James Smith said. A. Dahmer confessed to the dismemberment killings of 17 Young men and boys and is serving 16 consecutive life faces new charge Las vegans a John Bobbitt has been charged for a second time with hitting his Fiancee. Bobbitt Kristina Elliott and their Friend Todd Biro were charged with Domestic Battery after a fight saturday. They were released on Bond. No court Date was set. Elliott 21, told police that the three had been drinking before the fight began As they were driving around the City. She said Bobbitt and Biro beat her. Bobbitt said she hit him and bit him on the Chest. Police said monday that Bobbitt had a bite Mark on has Chest and Elliott had two bumps on the Back of her head bruises on her nose and redness on her a arms. A a a. Bobbitt 27, became famous last year when his wife Cut off his Penis. He met Elliott a former topless dancer five months ago while on a personal appearance tour. Bobbitt a wife Lorena severed his Penis while he slept in june 1993. She told police she did it because he sexually assaulted her. His Penis was reattached. Bobbitt was acquitted of marital sexual abuse in november. In january a jury found Lorena Bobbitt innocent by reason of insanity of mutilating her husband. The Bobbitt filed for divorce in july 1993. Adoption ruling protested. Chicago a a new state Law requires a court hearing to determine the Best interests of children whose biological parents try to nullify their adoptions. The Law was rushed through the legislature in response to the plight of a 3�?T/2-year-old known As a baby Richard two weeks ago the Illinois supreme court gave custody of the child to a biological father he has never seen. Lawyers for the would be adoptive parents plan to petition the court this week to reconsider its ruling. The Law signed sunday by gov Jim Edgar also requires men who believe they May have fathered a child to secure their custody rights by registering with the state. Baby Richard whose real name is being withheld was put up for adoption by his Mother. She initially told the father Otakar Kirchner that the baby died at birth Kirchner Learned the truth 57 Days later and immediately began trying to gain custody. He married the biological Mother a few months later. Kirchner s lawyer has called the Law a knee Jerk other opponents say it reduces the rights of biological counsel Bill fails Albany . A a Bill that would have made new York the first state to require doctors to counsel pregnant women and new mothers on aids failed sunday As the legislature adjourned. The Democrat controlled Assembly passed the Bill but the Republican cd Senate did not take it up
